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DB references popping up when you least expect them

Post by Ringworm128 » Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:16 pm

Have you ever been watching TV, playing video games etc when a reference to DB (or something that reminds you of DB) comes up that you weren't expecting? I honestly wasn't expecting Freeza's hover chair to pop up during this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNTltkuR ... re=related
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Post by funrush » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:06 pm

I'm pretty sure there was a SS4 Goku reference in a Britney Spears music video or something. I'm probably wrong on that artist name.
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Post by samuraix123 » Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:19 pm

funrush wrote:I'm pretty sure there was a SS4 Goku reference in a Britney Spears music video or something. I'm probably wrong on that artist name.
Indeed you are my friend. SS4 Goku and normal Goku appears in christina aguilera's music video ''What a girl wants''
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Post by Jackal puFF » Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:32 pm

Frank Ocean mentions Majin Buu in one of his songs called "Pink Matter".

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Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:46 am

I remember Porky Pig once said "they got bored and went home to watch a rerun of DragonBall" in some Looney Tunes cartoon. Kinda blew my mind.

Edit: And here it is! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8jIxP6h1fY
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Post by Avenged » Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:18 am

This new commercial for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia makes a bit fun at Japanese shows and has some of the cast powering up.
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Post by Ringworm128 » Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:11 am

I remember reading somewhere that there was once a DBZ parody on Johny Bravo. Is that true?
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Post by samuraix123 » Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:59 am

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:I remember Porky Pig once said "they got bored and went home to watch a rerun of DragonBall" in some Looney Tunes cartoon. Kinda blew my mind.

Edit: And here it is! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8jIxP6h1fY
Wow! I almost didn't believe it until I heard it. that's awesome! :P
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Post by Beji » Wed Sep 12, 2012 4:08 am

ringworm128 wrote:I remember reading somewhere that there was once a DBZ parody on Johny Bravo. Is that true?
This?
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I thought this was the most out of the blue for me when i was watching tv one day
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Post by Gonstead » Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:30 am

Even more ironic is that he's Agent #4 who is displayed as Goku who has an affection for the 4 star Dragon Ball.
Tanooki Kuribo wrote:I remember Porky Pig once said "they got bored and went home to watch a rerun of DragonBall" in some Looney Tunes cartoon. Kinda blew my mind.

Edit: And here it is! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8jIxP6h1fY
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Post by Toadster » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:41 pm

There's an old, famous web cartoon called Homestar Runner. There's a short where it saturizes Japanese anime. In one instance, it parodies DBZ power-ups.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtoU7OqgDqI#t=1m38s

Also at the end, there's a silhouette of what looks like Piccolo.

Those anime shorts have other DBZ reference... I remember one where the Stinkoman looked like a Super Saiyan. He had the hair and aura.
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Post by BlazingFiddlesticks » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:47 pm

I think I actually remember seeing the Duck Dodgers joke on TV. Didn't have much of a reaction because new Duck Dodgers is amazing like that.
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Post by Super Sonic » Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:52 am

When I saw Elektra with my friend, a part of me lauged to myself upon hearing the Hand's leader was addressed as Master Roshi. Will say due to personal typecasting, I couldn't see him as Roshi in a live-action adaptation. Crane Hermit or Tao Pie Pie, but not Roshi.
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Post by Jackal puFF » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:21 am

Dragonball in Robot Chicken surprised me when I first saw it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_jTRplLQqM :lol:
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Post by DBZAOTA482 » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:30 am

Jackal puFF wrote:Dragonball in Robot Chicken surprised me when I first saw it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_jTRplLQqM :lol:
Love that one. :lol:

Also, I remember there being a reference in Chowder (a show I thoroughly disliked but watched anyways) where Shnitzel turned Super Saiyan and did a Hadoken. I also saw Kid Goku flying on the Kinto'un in the Ultimate Showdown Music Video.

Although I don't really think it counts but Ryoga's depression-powered Ki wave carries a strong resemblance to Kamehameha.
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Post by tinlunlau » Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:51 am

There's no Dragon Ball reference as classic as the one in Stephen Chow's "The Flirting Scholar".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3qRYoF ... re=related

(fast-forward to 1:35:30)

Shaw Brothers screen legend Cheng Pei-Pei even makes a remark referencing Dragonball even further by saying "Such strong ki". There's even a "over 9000" joke thrown in the mix.

And yes, this is the Stephen Chow who helped produce "Dragon Ball Evolution". He tried to keep the movie faithful to the comic but FOX intervened.
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Post by SHINOBI-03 » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:08 pm

There was one of the endless "Over 9000" references in Ace Attorney Investigations.

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Post by funrush » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:59 pm

And, who can forget Chicken Ball Z! Don't have a link, but it's a Billy and Mandy episode that pokes fun at Dragon Ball and Super Saiyans.
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Post by soulnova » Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:36 pm

Not in media, but still...

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Post by OutlawTorn » Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:38 pm

There's an episode in ReBoot season 4 (or a segment of the movie "My Two Bobs" depending on how you watch it) where a game parodies Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon at the same time.

Judging from the audio pitch, it is from the initial Anchor Bay DVD which had an improper PAL to NTSC conversion.
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